Concours de piano 2025

Concours ouvert aux jeunes pianistes de toutes les nationalités nés après le 1er janvier 2005

Dates of the competition

La prochaine édition du Concours de piano Hélène de Montgeroult aura lieu les 15 et 16 novembre 2025

The rules are online. . Registrations will be open from 1 to 31 May 2025.

Where will the competition take place?

The competition will take place in Romont (Fribourg) in Switzerland. This town, located south-west of Fribourg on the Geneva-Zurich SBB line, was developed around a 13th century castle. It is also home to a Gothic collegiate church with important contemporary stained glass windows, the remains of the medieval wall, and the Vitromusée, a Swiss museum dedicated to stained glass and the glass arts.

The competition will take place at Bicubic. This cultural and sports centre, built in 2005, has a 450-seat auditorium equipped with an excellent Steinway concert hall.

Awards

Level 1

1er prix : 200 CHF

2ème prix : 100 CHF

3ème prix : 50 CHF

Prix Dénervaud : 50 CHF

Level 2

1er prix : 300 CHF

2ème prix : 150 CHF

3ème prix : 100 CHF

Prix Dénervaud : 100 CHF

Level 3

1er prix : 400 CHF

2ème prix : 200 CHF

3ème prix : 150 CHF

Prix Dénervaud : 150 CHF

Level 4

1er prix : 500 CHF

2ème prix : 250 CHF

3ème prix : 200 CHF

Prix Dénervaud : 200 CHF

Special prizes

Amis d’Hélène de Montgeroult décerné au lauréat du 1er prix du degré 4

Récital au château de Montgeroult 1000€

Prix Dénervaud
décerné à la meilleure interprétation de l’étude imposée

Why host a piano competition for young people?

  • To play the work of Hélène de Montgeroult (1764-1836). Her Études address many aspects of piano playing in pages of great artistic value. We wish to make them known to as many people as possible and encourage teachers to include them in their students' programmes.
  • discover her music
  • To encourage the practice of classical music in general and the piano in particular. Competitions for young pianists stimulates the students' instrumental practice and makes them progress.
  • To give young musicians the opportunity to compete with their peers in a healthy competition. Even if the main motivation of the students must remain the music itself, some young people find additional stimulation in the prospect of a confrontation and are therefore pushed to strive for excellence.
  • Pour que les jeunes pianistes aient l’occasion de recevoir un avis extérieur. Chaque candidate et candidat reçoit les commentaires du jury et des conseils avisés sur la poursuite de sa formation et le développement de son talent.
  • To encourage exchanges between teachers. As musicians are very often in the company of their teachers, it is an opportunity for them to meet colleagues and to exchange on their experience and their teaching practice.